Physics in Medical Science

Computer Science in Physics

This talk describes how techniques developed by Computer Scientists have helped our understanding of certain problems in statistical physics which involve randomness and \frustration". Examples will be given from two problems that have been widely studied: the \spin glass" and the \random eld model".

Advances in Medical Physics

Medical Physics

The importance of physics and chemistry in biology is well established. However, many biologists and workers in experimental medicine are limited in the knowledge and understanding of these subjects in relation to their sciences. Probably one reason for this difficulty is seen in the wide distribution of such work in the literature. Further, terminology and mathematical concepts are frequently ...

Medical Physics

THE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE WORKS OF ANDREAS VESALIUS. With annotations and translations, a discussion of the plates and their background, authorship, and influence, and a biographical sketch of Vesalius by J. B. deC. M. Saunders and Charles D. O'Malley. Cleveland, World Publishing Company, 1950. 248 pp. $10.00. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) was, more than any other man, the founder of modern ana...

Medical physics in Current Oncology

Medical physics can be generally defined as a field in which applied physics techniques are used in medicine. Traditionally, medical physics deals chiefly with the use of ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. In radiation therapy, ionizing radiation is used to treat a wide variety of cancers through external-beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy. Medical phy...